Label drawer or cabinet



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0. 0. RAMSAY. LABEL DRAWER OE CABINET.

No. 537,853. Patented Apr. 23, 1895.

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OHARLESC. RAMSAY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

LABEL DRAW-ER OR CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 537,853, dated April 23, 1895. Application filed August 1894. gerial No. 520,366. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES C. RAMSAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Label Drawers or Cabinets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a. full, clear, and exact description of the-invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relatesto certain new and useful improvements in label drawers or cabinets for use by druggists and others, and it has for its objects among others to provide a simple and'cheap drawer or cabinet in which there will be no creeping of the labels from one receptacle to another under the partitions as in the forms in ordinary use, andin which the receptacles shall be so formed as to facilitate' the withdrawal of the labels. I form the bottoms of the receptacles of a continuous piece of metal, each section being of one piece, and partitions are placedbetween the diiferent sections, the whole being held within a suitable frame, bolts or rods being provided for holding the parts in their regulated relations and over which the continuous strips are placed.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear and the novel features thereof will be specifically defined by the appended claim.

. The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with theletters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective .view of my im-' proved label drawer or cabinet. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the same in the direction of the continuous strip. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross section.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views.

In carrying out the invention I take a frame or shell A of any suitable material and of a size calculated to contain the desired number of compartments and within this frame or shell, which constitutes the drawer, I fit lengthwise thereof the vertical partitions B which are held to the bottom of the drawer by nailing and also at the ends it necessary. Between these partitions are arranged the continuous metallic strips 0 which are secured at their ends in any suitable manner to the back and front of the drawer or cabinet as bynailing, and these strips are bent as shown to form a plurality of compartments or receptacles the bottoms of which incline downward and rearward as seen best in Fig. 2,their rear oo walls being preferably somewhat inclined, parallel or nearly so with their front walls or bottom, the portion between the front and rear walls of the compartments or receptacles being preferably secured to the bottom of the drawer, as by a nail a and this portion. may extend for a greater or less distance parallel with the bottom of the drawer to give greater or less capacity to the compartment or receptacle.

The compartments may be made in sections and secured together or they may be set up one by one within the surrounding frame. When made in sections they maybe secured together either before or after placing within the frame by transverse bolts F and over these rods or bolts the continuous strips are placed as shown at b. The bottom of the receptacle or compartment may be rounded or. extend in a straight inclined plane as may be found most convenient. The strips may be bent to form more or less compartments in a section, and a greater or less number of sections may be arranged together according to the desired capacity of the drawer or cabinet. The strips themselves serve to space the partitions so-that no other means are necessary.

Of course where a great number of compartments are required in the one section more than one strip may be employed. The result 0 is the same.

,Modifications in detail may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described the invention, what 5 is claimed as new is The combination with a drawer, of partitions arranged vertically lengthwise thereof,

continuous metallic strips between the partispecification in the presence of two subscribtions, rods connecting the sides of the drawer, in g Witnesses. passed through the partitions and under the l q 7 continuous metallic strips, said strips being CHARLES RAMDAX' 5 bent so as to form the inclined front and rear \Vitnesses:

walls of the compartments, as set forth. JOHN ADAMS,

In testimony whereof I have signed this SAMUEL BAKER. 

